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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Google Tanner Stages of puberty. Only your doctor can tell you exactly what Tanner Stage your son is in, because it's all about testicle size.

Boys' highest growth velocity is at Tanner stage 3/4.

My son is 15 1/4 and still at the end of Tanner 2. But I would say most of his friends hit their growth spurt in the last 2 years. He's a late bloomer.[/quote]

This is the best advice right here.  My son's dr was able to look at his growth chart and tanner stage and let me know how much more she thought he might grow (in our case, hopefully not that much more)[/quote]

My DS was in early Tanner 2 at 13yo appt after showing no signs of puberty at all at 12yo appt. Ped told us it would most likely still be 1-2 years (possibly even more) before growth spurt really started. Sure enough DS started growing really quickly as he closed in on age 15. If the ped is tracking Tanner Stage they can usually give an idea (at least somewhat) of when the growth spurt will start.

Parents would not usually know what is happening in early puberty unless kid mentions it. Even thought the ped said puberty had started at 13, my DS looked outwardly like a little kid to me until 14.5-15. [/quote]

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